I'm new to Rift, I really like it and I think I'll be here awhile. I'm only level 36 but I hope to catch up soon and start running with you guys so I'd like to know who you are.

My character is "Sang", a Mage.

I'm 32, played WoW for 5 years, as well as dabbled in Warhammer and a year of Aion.

I prefer PVP to PVE, mostly because I refuse to schedule my life around an MMO. I also work 2pm-10pm which is not ideal for raiding.

I hope to help the guild out mostly as healer or support, and secondarily as DPS. I'm almost always up for PVP, world events, or weird shit that people think up ("Hey, lets get 10 people and go gank naked!")

The most important thing to remember about Sang is that I seriously prioritize real life over the game. I hate to bail out on a commitment so I will rarely make them unless I fully expect to be able to play uninterrupted.

I have a business degree and I work full time as an analyst. I'm currently in my 3rd semester back in college to get a second degree in Graphic Design. I do most of my homework while I'm at work, so it doesn't hurt my free time too much.

You're most welcome to use the PVP channel in mumble to coordinate with your fellow pvpers in guild.

I'm Oriangel, 27m, entrepreneur and self employed. I run several online businesses with a partner as well as do some freelancing work as a writer. I am primarily a healer although I can dps as a cleric.

I try to focus my commitments on whichever part of my life that needs work on.

I'm Brand (rogue) and Flinn (cleric). As a cleric, I heal and do some DPS; I may spec a tank role later on. As a rogue, I do DPS and support. I'm always down to help out guildies and do dungeons, and I'm working on getting my guys kitted out for raiding.

I've been playing MMOs since Ultima Online came out. Some of the ones I focused on were Asheron's Call, Anarchy Online, PlanetSide, City of Heroes, EVE, Star Wars: Galaxies, WoW and Warhammer.

In real life, I'm 33 and work in IT for a living. I was a history major in college, and I'm a living font of useless knowledge. I'll occasionally spout it out in guild chat or mumble, so don't be surprised when you hear random trivia.

Howdy! After a stellar run through Foul Cascades last night on Nagg, my lock/chloro, I joined up. I am always willing to help out with runs through dungeons, murdering Guardians, tearing down rifts, or just bumming around Meridian.

I enjoy playing DPS classes, but am also pretty good with utility such as off-healing.

IRL I live in Oregon with my wife, our 8 month old son, and our cat. I play hockey in my spare time and work as the Regional Director for a company that provides electronic monitoring as a form of alternative to incarceration.

I'm Kaaleth (mage). So far, I do the chloroform, the pyromancy, and the earth elemental. I like flowers, trees, and animal parts, and will make all your gin, tonics, and potions.

I played Diablo II through college, did a little Warcraft III, and then went straight into WoW, which I played from release through last December, raiding for almost all of that. I'll also list every Zelda through Majora's mask, and even a little Everquest, though I didn't make it very far.

I'm interested in getting to Greenscale, to see if I like the raiding here. But I plan on taking the game at my own pace. I also think that the strategy element to PvP makes it more involved than the PvE game, but that does not come across in mindless pug warfronts. So I'm interested in PvP premades, though I won't list my skills as too awesome... yet.

I'm new to Rift as well. Been here just over a week and love it. I am a 32m, self employed working from home. I have been playing MMO's well Meridian 59 ring any bells? ;)

I used to game far to much, and have found myself searching for the same kind of experience I had playing DAoC, and so far I am liking what I have found in Rift. Not just game mechanics but the feel of the community as well.

I normally play a stealth/assassin type character (as of late, over the years of gaming I have played all kinds of roles), but this time around I have rolled up a cleric, and loving it so far.

I am always down for helping out a guild mate, or going and stirring up trouble for the guardians!!

Hi everyone. I'm Toki, 23f. I graduated college last fall and I'm moving to my own place soon near my new job! Currently playing a warrior and I am trying out tank right now. I'm used to healing so damage is very new to me.
I used to play PVE on Crucia as a guardian but I got bored really fast. My main hobby is longboarding. Nice to meet you all. :]

Hi I'm Desdymona, will be hitting 50 soon so I figured I would introduce myself officially. I have been in the guild since transfers opened up and of course, I have enjoyed it a great deal. I love PvE and have experience as a Dps and a healer, but am not sure atm if I can make any commitments so I plan on focusing on PvP until I can. I am a mage -NecroLock(PvE)/LockDominator(PvP)- for now but plan on playing around with other specs once I get to 50.

25f, currently in school for English Literature/Education (though my typing skills are hilarious). Trying to finish quickly since I got started late so my schedule is often hectic. I really enjoy the game so I'll be on whenever I have spare time and if things work out where I have time would love to raid, if not I'll be in the warfronts :) or leveling my alt cleric Melodypond.

Hey all Inessi/Iness/Innesi/Dan.
Im new to Rift, been playing for a few weeks now, I made a rouge, warrior, cleric all to lvl 15 or so and then finnally settled on a mage (Half Warlock/Chlor/Awesome). Im at lvl 32 as of today and have been lvling pretty fast. Still have alot to learn about this game as was expected but that is why I joined the Hivemind to answer all of my questions!
As for myself Im a 31m, project manager for a contracting company for a large cable company. I work way to much and I have a wife that is pregnant and due Aug 21 2011. I play when I can, mostly weekends and after 6pm on weekdays when Im up for it. Love rvr/pvp, played DAOC for 10 years as a high ranking stealth rouge class. Played Warhammer for a while and many others. And I love metal! See you all in game!

Offline I'm a (lvl)22 recent graduate with a BFA in Fine Arts/CG and I'm in the job hunting phase. I have cats, I take photos, I draw, I'm very much a techie, and I enjoy writing and music as well. I have a habit of collecting harder to find games and consoles, I'm somewhat of a gaming historian and that's the industry I hope to make my way into- right now its just a race to pay the debt by any means necessary, but hopefully soon.

I started MMOs with Diablo II and RPGWO, and over the years I've played and enjoyed Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa, RO freeservers and a few others. I played WoW a few years ago for all of 3 weeks, it really didn't appeal to me much (in many cases, not so much a fan of direct EQ-likes).

I play a lot more general games than just MMOs, and while normally I abhor subscriptions, Rift seems to have justified that with the amount of content they release regularly, so I'll be sticking here for a while (and after Guild Wars 2 releases, we'll see.

Hey, I play Havelock. You probably already know me (because I am a huge dick and oh god I am awful and spergy).

I tank a lot. I know a lot about tanking. I have a super busy work schedule and spend a fair amount of time at bars or friends houses so I am fairly casual.

If you see me on, and you need any dungeon, expert or not, I will help you. I want to see you succeed. I want to help get some more geared tanks and have compiled a list of BiS pre-raid and can give you some builds to work with complete with macros and rotations.

Halibut chiming in. I'm not TotalBiscuit contrary to popular opinion when I joined this evening (sorry!).

I'm a former WoW player. Raided in a top level guild during vanilla (we were attuning for Naxx when BC hit, most of us were a little late to start raiding), had to cut back to focus on finishing high school during BC, raided casually until I quit right before 4.1. Got sick of babysitting my guildies. All in all, been playing for 6 years on and off. I generally can play any role well as I've either had 6 classes in raid gear at some point and subbed for friends on the other 4, but my heart is with rogues. I also played Warhammer Online through beta (quit quickly when it went live, I was bored of it), and occasionally dabble in EVE but I tend to get bored of it as well it seems to unintentionally encourage mindless gameplay with autopilot, HP alarms, and such - I'd probably have a different opinion of it if I wandered into 0.0 though.

IRL, I'm a 21m college student currently stuck between deciding which of my two loves to major in - computers or the ocean (specifically, marine biology). I enjoy browsing Reddit, good beer, scotch, the occasional cigar, fishing, geocaching, casual Magic, weightlifting, and watching any TV show that catches my attention. I also follow sports, I tend to be too busy to watch games, so I watch Sports Center while I'm at the gym.

Other than (now) Rift, I mostly play random Android games, SSF4AE, TF2, LoL, and Minecraft. All the shit I've bought during the Steam sale will likely be saved for a rainy day.

I play as Rashahid(rah-sha-heed), a cleric of many colors. A play on the islamic word shahid; meaning martyr. Im reaching 50th today. I hope to be helpful in any role and way needed.

IRL Im James, from Columbus OH. Im self employed and an at home dad. Im an MMO vet like alot of you. Ive played most major titles since EQ1. I try to enjoy all aspects of what the games offer. See you ingame.

What up people. I'm Adament from RedditGuild, finally making a move to Rift.

WoW got tiring and games like Dragon Age didn't have the depth of character development I'm looking for.

I am just switching jobs and moving across the country, which means I'm going to be real busy, but I want to try Rift now.

I am starting my 7 day trial (and already messaged CRos about recruit a friend, but I'm open to doing it with anyone). I usually play tanks in PvE simply because I hate waiting for queues in WoW. I prefer to play PvP, however, and given that I don't know everything about Rift yet, I'm going to go with a DPS class I believe.

Anyone have suggestions on the best class for dipping my feet into PvP? My initial thought is Mage, but I'm concerned about rolling out without a tank (forgive, me, been playing DA2 for a while).

Well, following the format of the first post - I preordered Rift and played in beta, but stopped about a month afterwards. I'm now getting back into it after they ironed some kinks out.

My main is 'Glint,' a mage, and my major alt is 'Axys,' a warrior.

I'm 23, played Everquest from the Kunark expansion until Luclin, then switched to Asheron's Call for about a year. After AC I went to Anarchy Online for a few months, then to LOTRO, then to WoW shortly before TBC launched and I've stayed with WoW since then, occasionally playing AoC or DDO on the side. I played Eve on and off again since 2007. Beyond that I've played mostly every sort of video game that exists =)

I'm not much for PVP. I'm a PvE nerd as I am an RPG/fantasy lore nerd. I get my competitive fix from Starcraft (I'm a huge esports fan and I love to play on /r/starcraft's weekly tournaments as much as I can).

I wanted to join the guild because I'm a pretty big internet extrovert. I love meeting new people and making friends!

I'm married with a daughter due at the end of August and I'm also a flightline aircraft electrician in the USAF, so obviously games take a back seat to my real life =)

Hi there. I'm new to Rift, but not new to MMOs. I'm a 31 rogue, Docmarty. Picked the game up during the Steam sale, but I played it on a friends account when it first came out. I was still heavily involved with WoW at that point.

Like I said, I'm Docmarty in game. It's a reference to Back to the Future and a slight nod to Doctor Who. (I really enjoy time travel shows for some reason.)

I've played WoW on and off since vanilla. Started off about six months before TBC and never hit level cap, but really enjoy pvp and doing dungeons. I came back for Wrath and destroyed content, finding myself with 6 80s that were all ICC geared. Cataclysm hit and it just wasn't the same. The raids weren't any harder, but the quality of my server sucked. WoW expired, here I am. If you played on Quel'Dorei, you might know me.

I love both PvE and PvP. I've played on PvP servers before and quite enjoy the thrill of PvP combat. Not really a RPer, but I don't mind it.

I have a GF, which is a much higher priority than gaming for me. If I commit to something however, I will be there.

I currently am a Chemical Engineering student. I'm a mod over at /r/photoshop and /r/picrequests. I look forward to meeting you all.

Hello! I'm a new player, started about a week ago. I'm Atrophy, a level 24 mage. Currently necro/lock/dom, but trying out storm/ele/??? - which I would love tips for. I'm a student studying computer science, who has some free time for the summer. I love to PvP, so hit me up if you're in my bracket and want to do some!

My main character is "Joyful", a well geared lvl 50 Cleric. My cleric has 3 main specifications: 1) Healer (AOE strength), 2) Melee DPS, 3) AOE DPS (my personal favorite which is an awesome specification). Joyful is maxed out with Runecrafting, Apothocary, and Foraging. Joyful is maxed out on all Notorieties except PVP. My 1st Alt is named Joykilla a level 50 mage currently running T2 dungeons is maxed out on Foraging and 290 in Mining. Joykilla has 2 main specifications: 1) Pyro and 2) Chloro. I have a couple of level 30 warriors and a 20+ rogue.

I'm 54 years old and have been playing computer games since pong was played on an oscilloscope. My favorite games have been Lineage2, Wow, Warhammer and Aion where I have top geared and maximum leveled t00ns on all, before I quit them haha. I prefer PVE to PVP and I refuse to schedule my life around an MMO. I work at Apple computer in Cupertino California as an engineer and I am proud to say that me technology plays a major role in all Apple electronic toys such as iPhone, iPad, iThis and iThat. My raiding is limited to 7PM to 10PM PST Sunday night through Thursday night, however, Friday night though Sunday at 10PM PST I have no limitations.

I am here to play with my son Kyfini and his friend Mike (forgot in game name haha). My brother Chris (forgot name as well lmao) has also joined the guild. I am a team player and will help where and whenever I can. I am also a total guild type of person, guild first!!! To this point I've downed ever boss in game and know all the fight well except last boss in GP which is a mean boss!

I look forward to making friends with all of you. You can find me on Twitter as appleflexguy or facebook at fackbook.com/ssmarc

I'm somewhat of a lurker. WoW Junky. Played since Vanilla. I spent a good month with Rift awhile back and let it expire. As of last night I resubbed and am trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

Characters guilded are Nesithan and Jersh. I have two that are unguilded just waiting on invites. I'm 31, and work for a living, so I play when I can and do still play WoW but Rift may eventually hold my interest. I dunno yet. still trying to get high enough to enjoy the "game", and not be SO low level it feels like I can't do anything.

I'm Maxtar, short time lurker on Reddit, shorter time Defiant in Rift. Currently a Lvl 27 Champion-skill based Warrior on Gnarlwood, and I am looking to join a Guild rather than keep to myself all the time. I mostly PvE, and occasionally PvP every now and then. I am new to Rift (read that: about a week of casual play).

I live in New Zealand, so if I do join, I'll be hanging out with the late nighters a lot more than the early risers. I am also a first-year uni student so some nights I might not be on at all due to study. I work weekends so my log time has next to no consistency.

I have played some MMO's, EVE being the foremost, followed by month long stints in WoW, DDO and Global Agenda.

Greetings all.
I started playing Rift back in April, geared up my mage with t2 loots, got a rogue tank up near 50, then had to take a break. Just re-installed and joined up with Hivemind.
I'm mostly into PvE, though I like to PvP on occasion. Hoping to join in with some raiding, so will be posting stats on the spreadsheet. Looking forward to meeting more redditors ingame!
Mage - Thomp
Rogue - Pucky

My wife (Kitton) and I got Rift in an attempt to give her something to do while I'm off at work, and we both ended up enjoying it. I'm a 21 year old USAF F-16 mechanic (Crew Chief), and have been in the military for 2 years now. My wife and I just got orders to Osan Air Base, Korea; so soon we will have delicious gigabit internet in which to play on! :3

Hey All~ I'm Kitton in game, 42 Cleric (dinged up last night > w <). Started playing rift about a month or two ago. I love PVE aspects of the game and am super excited to get to hopefully do raids when I get geared up! I quest using the Duracell Cleric build and run as Full Heal in dungeons.

In real life, i'm a 20 year old female who's official title is "Kitty Mom." Since i'm currently unemployed i'm married to Maomao (GlittermekaiN) and we have two kitties. So while he goes out and fixes things I stay home and craft stuff or play rift, mostly. Also, like he said, Korea in March so HOPEFULLY i'll still be eligible for dungeoning and such when I get there!

Hey ya'll just got an invite in game so I figure I'll post here and introduce myself. In game I'm Fermat. I'm pretty new to rift just started a few weeks ago and I'm about level 27 at the moment but steadily rising.

I played everquest a ton back in the day, then played a little bit of WoW and I've dabbled in a few other mmos over the years but nothing too serious. I got the itch to play one again and rift looked promising so here I am!

I'm playing a mage mostly ele/pyro for solo/questing and chloro/archon for wf's which is basically all I've been doing so far but I'm sure I'll be expanding as I play more.

Anywho thats the short of it I look foreward to meeting everyone in game!

Hi all! I am Hotgirlirl (sadly I am not, sorry), currently lvl 44 priest. I got Rift for free at PAX and started playing about a week ago. I like PvP healing, and dungeons as either Duracell or Healy.

Played years of WoW, plus a few other random MMO's (DCUO, Aion, warhammer, etc). I was a Grand Marshall in vanilla, and duelist on multiple teams and toons across BC, WotlK and Cata - I like killing mans, and I'm always down for WFs.

I'm 33, I sell interactive marketing services for a living, and I live with my wife, a lhasa apso and two incredibly shitty cats.

Hey Defiants -- I'm Startrekin on Reddit and Latrine in game. I've been a longtime Reddit lurker and am new to Rift. Right now I'm a level 22 warrior named Latrine. Being new to the whole game I plan to play a little bit of every class to get a feel for each one. I'm up for running some groups and low-level dungeons....can a lvl 22 warrior survive a dungeon?? I guess I'll find out!

In real life, I'm married and have two kids. I'm a teacher -- I work with middle schoolers who struggle with reading. Students think it RAWKS that their teacher is a gamer. I don't have a lot of time to play during the week, but get quite a bit of time in on weekend and holidays.

I finally finished Iron Tombs at level 41, because i'd always queue up and never get anything. But I don't know that most players are skilled enough to deal with the massive hordes of enemies that spawn in certain areas of that dungeon. At least at teen levels anyway. Unless you're on an alt, then you understand the game a bit better.

I jumped in yesterday and did a looking for a random dungeon and ran Iron Tombs with a really cool group of people. I learned a lot (as in, don't try to kill the black wispy ghosts, draw them to the light and watch them fry! Guess it pays to read the quest directions!) Thanks to the both of you for the reply!

Yeah! No problem! And yeah iron tombs is a learning experience when everyone's so fresh on their characters but it's always really fun when you've got a solid group of forgiving people. This is especially nice for me when healing... Lol

Hi, I'm Nabeshin! I just started RIFT as a complete newb, so please don't hurt my feelings for being so bad. I raid in a casual sort of guild in WoW and I came to Telara looking for new experiences and new faces to conquer. That's pretty much all about me. :P

Hullo all, my character is Smackdealer and he's a 22 cleric atm. I'm a former wow player, not terribly experienced though, had one 80 priest and that was it. I work nearly full time so I'm not always on during the day but I'm a bit of a night owl so I find time to play. I love playing healer! Look forward to playing with you guys.

Hello all, just joined the guild. Started playing rift a couple months back, friends left, so I unsubscribed for a bit. I recently was itching for an mmofix, and decided to come back! I have played several mmo's in the past, raided in wow, and before that played FFXI, With some small sprinklings of DDO in between. I am a college student currently duel majoring in music/CIT stuff, I also do some DJ work on the side. Anyhow, glad to be part of the Hivemind, see you in game!